1. 10 Best 'Failed' Starters in MLB History

    Nobody likes to be labeled a failure. Whether it's failing an exam in school, your first road test or not performing up to expectations in any of your endeavors, not finding success ...

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  2. 10 Greatest MLB Catches While Diving into the Crowd Since 2000

    If you've ever sat in field-level seats, you've seen the signs and heard the warnings to stay vigilant, that foul balls and broken bats could potentially come your way...

    Rick Weiner Written by Rick Weiner about 1 day ago 2,896 reads 9 comments

  3. Struggling MLB Players Who Should Be DFA'd Immediately

    There comes a point in every professional ballplayer's career when they simply can't cut it anymore. Sometimes it's due to a major injury, other times it's the years of wear-and-tear ...

    Rick Weiner Written by Rick Weiner about 2 days ago 542 reads 6 comments

  4. 25 Active MLB Players with the Best Chance of Making the Hall of Fame

    For fans of America's pastime, debating whether today's active stars are worthy of entrance into one of the most exclusive clubs in the world, the Baseball Hall of Fame, has become, well, one of their favorite pastimes...

    Rick Weiner Written by Rick Weiner about 4 days ago 41,601 reads 120 comments

  5. Miguel Cabrera's Top 5 Threats in Each Triple Crown Category

    Early Sunday, I wrote that talk of a second consecutive Triple Crown for Miguel Cabrera wasn't such a far-fetched idea...

    Rick Weiner Written by Rick Weiner about 5 days ago 4,791 reads 29 comments

  6. MLB's Longest Home Run Blasts of the Week

    Over the past week of MLB action, 194 home runs have been hit by 142 different players off of 136 different pitchers, according to ESPN's Home Run Tracker . Combined, the week's home runs would have traveled a total of 77,490 feet—roughly 14...

    Rick Weiner Written by Rick Weiner about 6 days ago 2,852 reads 6 comments

  7. The Toughest Homestands in MLB This Season

    From the cheers of the crowd to the comfort of the locker room to the simple pleasure of sleeping in your own bed, the benefits that MLB teams reap during an extended homestand are undeniable...

    Rick Weiner Written by Rick Weiner about 9 days ago 8,071 reads 5 comments

  8. MLB's Quarter-Mark All-Star Team for Each League

    While we are still roughly two months away from the 84th MLB All-Star Game, held this year at New York's Citi Field, it's never too early to start speculating about how each league's roster might look for the midsummer classic...

    Rick Weiner Written by Rick Weiner about 9 days ago 68,188 reads 161 comments

  9. MLB's Biggest Surprises of the First Quarter of the 2013 Season

    By the time this week's slate of games comes to an end, every team in baseball will have arrived at or passed the quarter mark of its regular-season schedule. That in itself is a surprising fact, as it feels like the season only started a few weeks ago.

    Rick Weiner Written by Rick Weiner about 10 days ago 2,583 reads 16 comments

  10. Odds of Every Hot Starting Pitcher Keeping His ERA Under 2.00 All Year

    Just over a month into the 2013 regular season, 11 starting pitchers sit with an ERA below 2.00. While a starting pitcher finishing the season with an ERA under 2.00 isn't as rare a feat as a batter hitting ...

    Rick Weiner Written by Rick Weiner about 12 days ago 2,260 reads 6 comments

  11. Bo Jackson and the 10 Most Incredible Athletes in Baseball History

    While baseball may not demand the level of athleticism as the other major sports (basketball, football and hockey), make no mistake about it—professional ballplayers are great athletes...

    Rick Weiner Written by Rick Weiner about 14 days ago 1,694 reads 8 comments

  12. The Greatest Active MLB Player from All 50 U.S. States

    While baseball may no longer be as American as apple pie, trailing behind football in popularity while growing in appeal around the world, there is no disputing that the roots of what ...

    Rick Weiner Written by Rick Weiner about 16 days ago 2,079 reads 29 comments

  13. End-Year Stat Projections for MLB's 25 Hottest Starts

    After the first week of the season, we looked at some of the scintillating starts around baseball, trying to make sense of whether what we were watching was real or an illusion...

    Rick Weiner Written by Rick Weiner about 18 days ago 4,826 reads 43 comments

  14. Roy Halladay and Former MLB Aces Who Have Nothing Left

    Throwing a baseball is as violent and unnatural a motion as you'll find in sports. The amount of stress, torque and wear-and-tear that pitchers put on their arms is unrivaled...

    Rick Weiner Written by Rick Weiner about 19 days ago 6,152 reads 19 comments

  15. Keys to Every Last-Place MLB Team Salvaging Their Season

    Nobody likes being last. Think back to when you were growing up. When it came to picking teams for a sporting event, be it baseball, kickball, dodgeball—whatever—we dreaded being the last one picked...

    Rick Weiner Written by Rick Weiner about 22 days ago 5,908 reads 15 comments

  16. Predicting the Hottest, Coldest Teams for the Month of May

    From strength of schedule to the names that land on a team's disabled list, there are any number of reasons why some teams flourish while others flounder in early-season action...

    Rick Weiner Written by Rick Weiner about 23 days ago 2,127 reads 5 comments

  17. MLB Trade Rumors: All 30 Teams' Latest Whispers Heading into May

    Baseball's rumor mill may slow down, but it never grinds to a screeching halt. A month into the regular season, the mill is beginning to churn faster than it has lately, though we ...

    Rick Weiner Written by Rick Weiner about 24 days ago 22,023 reads 31 comments

  18. MLB Stars Who Need to Return from Injury ASAP to Save Teams' Seasons

    Injuries don't care how much money a player makes, how gaudy the stats on the back of a player's baseball card are or what time of year it is. When they hit, they often hit hard—and teams are left scrambling trying to fill the void...

    Rick Weiner Written by Rick Weiner about 25 days ago 822 reads 0 comments

  19. David Price Confrontation Proves It's Time Bud Selig Gets Umpires Under Control

    For years, major league umpires have operated under the misguided belief that they are bigger than the game itself...

    Rick Weiner Written by Rick Weiner about 26 days ago 11,880 reads 49 comments

  20. Every MLB Team's Big-Name Pitcher That Needs to Step Up ASAP

    It's too early to pull out the cliche: "It's getting late early." But as the calendar gets set to flip over to the second month of the MLB regular season, early-season struggles ...

    Rick Weiner Written by Rick Weiner about 26 days ago 2,418 reads 3 comments

  21. Early Feel-Good Stories of the 2013 MLB Season

    Far too often, feel-good stories in baseball are limited to those players who overcome adversity. Whether it be Josh Hamilton's daily battle with substance abuse or Buster Posey's ...

    Rick Weiner Written by Rick Weiner about 29 days ago 2,153 reads 8 comments

  22. All 30 MLB Teams' Worst-Case Injury Scenario

    Be forewarned, friends, as what you'll see on the pages that follow is not for the feint of heart. It doesn't matter how talented a player may be, how much money he may make or how ...

    Rick Weiner Written by Rick Weiner about 1 month ago 1,650 reads 4 comments

  23. Sophomore Slump Watch for All of Last Year's Rookie of the Year Vote-Getters

    The "sophomore slump" really does exist. Just ask Atlanta's Jason Heyward, Detroit's Austin Jackson or Ivan Nova of the New York Yankees — three of the more recent examples ...

    Rick Weiner Written by Rick Weiner about 1 month ago 10,192 reads 5 comments

  24. MLB Stars Most Likely to Be Traded in 2013

    From MVP candidates (Justin Upton) to Cy Young Award winners (R.A. Dickey) and perennial All-Stars (Jose Reyes), the last six months have seen big names—and big salaries—change hands throughout MLB ...

    Rick Weiner Written by Rick Weiner about 1 month ago 37,948 reads 19 comments

  25. 5 Dream Scenarios Already Becoming Reality for MLB Teams in 2013

    Dreams and baseball go hand-in-hand. As kids, most of us dreamed of playing for our favorite teams growing up, spending hours in the backyard pretending to be wearing that uniform as we stepped to the plate or toed the rubber with the game on the line..

    Rick Weiner Written by Rick Weiner about 1 month ago 8,515 reads 2 comments